#55CBCD#55CBCD

#55CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.105 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBCD
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -32.16, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 33.97, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1007 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.105 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1170, 49.0472, 65.3094)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBCD #CD5755

analogous

#55CD93 #55CBCD #558FCD

triadic

#55CBCD #CD55CB #CBCD55

tetradic

#55CBCD #9355CD #CD5755 #8FCD55

square

#55CBCD #9355CD #CD5755 #8FCD55

split-complementary

#55CBCD #CD558F #CD9355

monochromatic

#268082 #34AFB1 #55CBCD #84D9DB #B4E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#55CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBCD

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBCD	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.105 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbdc',
    500: '#55cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbcd;
$custom-light: #91dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBCD

secondary

#D7A7A6

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBCD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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